[CaptLego]

Since this is primarily a chip forum, I was wondering about using chips as part of your strategy.

For example, are you more likely or less likely to get called if you bet 1 plaque vs betting 5 octagons?

I tried this experiment in my home game last weekend, but the results were inconclusive. Sometimes, it seemed like a plaque-betting bluff worked, but maybe it was other tells or maybe my oponents just had hands too poor to call, even if it was a bluff.

Once, a guy bet one of each color chip. I thought it was interesting, but didn't attach too much significance to it.

[smoore]

An old poker adage (old rock's tale?) says, "If he bets with his large denomination chips he expects to get them back." I don't put much stock in it for most players but I have a few that will put out stacks of quarters instead of using dollars when they're weak. I'm sure someone will clue them in one day and then they can use it for a reverse tell.

[VARoadstter]

There is only one chip related strategy idea that I find credible. If you bet into a guy with an amount of chips that would force them to have to change a higher denomination chip they will sometimes be more likely to let a hand go (even though they could simply call you and place the higher denom chip in). I have done this and it works. I believe this nugget came from Mike Caro but I could be wrong as I have read many poker books over the years. Perhaps someone else remembers this little tip and the source.

[Doc]

Originally Posted by VARoadstter

There is only one chip related strategy idea that I find credible. If you bet into a guy with an amount of chips that would force them to have to change a higher denomination chip they will sometimes be more likely to let a hand go (even though they could simply call you and place the higher denom chip in). I have done this and it works. I believe this nugget came from Mike Caro but I could be wrong as I have read many poker books over the years. Perhaps someone else remembers this little tip and the source.

I used this technique on a weaker player over the weekend, and you could almost see his mind churning when the call would have cost him his stack of the highest denomination chips he had. With a strong player, I doubt this would work. My $ .02 worth.

[hayaku]

that strategy wouldnt work against good player or pros, but i have tried it against newbie players and it does work.

[VARoadstter]

Well, I know it's kinda silly but I've done it at least a dozen times and I'd say it has worked at least 75% of the time. I took down a $200 pot with this strategy recently. They other guy even said after he folded, "I just couldn't put my $100 chip in there".

[pager23]

Originally Posted by smoore

An old poker adage (old rock's tale?) says, "If he bets with his large denomination chips he expects to get them back." I don't put much stock in it for most players but I have a few that will put out stacks of quarters instead of using dollars when they're weak. I'm sure someone will clue them in one day and then they can use it for a reverse tell.

I've used this in the past to set up a reverse tell on a future hand, and it has worked quite nicely.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Originally Posted by smoore

An old poker adage (old rock's tale?) says, "If he bets with his large denomination chips he expects to get them back." I don't put much stock in it for most players but I have a few that will put out stacks of quarters instead of using dollars when they're weak. I'm sure someone will clue them in one day and then they can use it for a reverse tell.

I've used a strategy almost reverse of this, although I don't put too much stock in it as something effective. I heard it somewhere, but I've forgotten the source. Anyway, the basic idea is, say you're betting 100, but instead of throwing the black chip out there, you push a stack of reds. Supposedly, the large amount of chips looks like a bigger and more intimidating bet.

I know, pretty stupid and highly unlikely to work on anything but a rookie. There always seems to be at least one rookie in the game though, right?

[pager23]

Originally Posted by Spaceman Spiff

I know, pretty stupid and highly unlikely to work on anything but a rookie. There always seems to be at least one rookie in the game though, right?

True. I've never seen the "low denom, big stack" bet work effectively, though.